there has never been a time when Apocalypse Now has failed to give me chills for days on end. the epitome of anti-war, although this war serves its purpose mainly as an unnerving backdrop to a mission up these calm, dangerous river banks and into the dark unknown. ultra-hypnotic jungles filled with horrors, trepidations, sweat, slaughter. "the shit" - devoid of any morality in favor of rationalized macabre. absolutely surreal and confusingly dreamy. Marlon Brando, man. idolatry entombed in shadows…

I miss when death was a moody concept and not a simple side character.

this is obviously the worst entry in the franchise for a myriad of reasons. unimpressive intro, hilariously bad characters, very bad cg 3d-ish effects. a complete absence of Tony Todd. but, I'll keep it short and sweet just like that 1h22m runtime - we're here for the carnage and carnage there is (somewhat). solid kills and sequences sprinkled in, a pretty badass x-ray credit scroll, and…

one of my favorite opening scenes in recent horror memory.

there's a lot that I really like about this, from its aesthetic to its performances to an eerie score and some effective(!) scares. it just falls off hard for me in its third act compared to the first two. it's a good and very sound horror movie, but it's nothing groundbreaking like I hoped it would be. maybe that's my fault - it was impossible for me to not be…

this is why blind watches are the best.

a very weird, fun, and schlocky slasher that's kind of tame in some ways while being super fucked up in others. I enjoyed the hell out of Sleepaway Camp. I don't really mind how similar it is to Friday the 13th. the comparisons are there but I feel that this movie is its own thing entirely.

inventive and malicious kills that use suggestion so well, realistic characters and dynamics within the campers,…